I picked up The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Owls of Ga'Hoole from the $5 bin at Wal-Mart. Both are subpar adaptations from books I love, but hey five dollars..._________________
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Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:30 am

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Taral-DLOSMaster

Joined: 23 Nov 2010Posts: 2062Location: Ontario, Canada

I went with my wife and her sisters went to see Frozen last week, just before Christmas.

Such a good movie! Cute songs, great character design. Kristen Bell can sing pretty well (I had never heard her sing before).

I did not see the plot twists coming, and the ending was amazing, and spoiled below.

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I loved how they set up that the Act of True Love needed to save Anna was a kiss from the man, but then it ended up being Anna sacrificing herself so her sister could live. Nowhere did it say that the Act of True Love needed to be by someone else to her, nor did it say that it needed to be romantic love. Self-sacrifice for her sister did it, and that's a really positive message that I thought was great.

Also, the snowman Olaf was cute and funny. I thought he would be really annoying (from the trailers), but they used him just enough that he didn't get on your nerves. Also, he had a great song about wanting to do go to the beach and swim in the ocean and do "whatever it is that snow does in summer"._________________http://taralbooks.blogspot.ca

Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:52 am

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Alan Skywalker VMaster

Joined: 10 Apr 2011Posts: 661

We went to see "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" at 5:00 PM Friday evening. It was good, but not as good as AUJ. You can really tell it's a middle film.

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The spider scene in Mirkwood gave me the creeps. Shelob poisoning Frodo in ROTK was bad enough, but this - ugh!

I didn't like Thranduil, and Orlando Bloom seemed too wooden as Legolas compared with his LOTR performance. Tauriel was not necessary.

When Thorin and the Dwarves despaired of finding the keyhole, I almost wanted to say, "Stand by the gray stone when the thrush knocks," because that was the first part of the instructions but seemed to be overlooked.

Trailers for "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", "The Amazing Spiderman 2", "Teen Wolf", "How to Train Your Dragon 2", "Instellar", "Jupiter Ascending", and probably one or two more that I've forgotten screened before DOS.

I'd love to see "Winter Soldier" and "Interstellar." "Jupiter Ascending" looks like it might be good too, though I have absolutely no clue what the plot is about. I'd have to see the original "Spiderman" and "Dragon" before I decide if I want to see the sequels.

Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:17 am

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Darth SkuldrenModerator

Joined: 04 Feb 2008Posts: 6953Location: Missouri

I finally watched the Ewok movies. Ewoks: Caravan of Courage is kinda bad. The kid in it is less likable than Anakin Skywalker. Very kiddy movie.

However, Ewoks: The Battle for Endor is pretty good. The annoying kid dies right at the beginning of the film (huge payoff), there are big Ewok battles, good special effects, and Cyndal, the main character, is likable. I really enjoyed it._________________
"I believe toys resonate with us as humans, we can hold them, it's tactile, real! They are totems for our extended beliefs and imaginations. A fetish for ideas that hold as much interest and passion as old religious relics for some. We display them in our homes. They show who we are. They are signals for similar thinking people. A way we connect with each other...and I guess thats why I do toys. That connection." -Ashley Wood

I actually felt it was better as a whole than the first film. The pacing was better, at least. I recall feeling the last 20 minutes of An Unexpected Journey were unnecessary. At any rate, I was afraid of being disappointed by Smaug, but he was a great effect.

I do, however, have to complain about the asinine, intelligence insulting love triangle. What. The flying frick. Was that.

We have a theatre where they play the movies that are no longer in the cineplexes, but not yet on DVD/Blu-Ray. The screens are smaller and the rooms are smaller, and it's significantly cheaper (and they have a Toonie Tuesday deal, where a movie on Tuesdays costs only a toonie).

Anyways, I went there yesterday to see Thor: The Dark World again. I liked it better the second time, mostly because the things that were illusory, I knew to be that way going in, and I felt better about them. For example:

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When Loki appeared to stab Thor and cut off his hand, but it turned out it was a ruse to throw Malekith off-balance. When I saw that the first time, I was a bit disappointed that it was a ruse, because I felt Loki's betrayal was a fair one. To see that he was being good at the time seemed lame. But then watching it again and knowing about the illusion, I was all "Actually, that's cool! Cause he's a trickster! He's being tricksy!"

It's so terrible that because you expect it to be terrible It's actually bareble. Nothing less. Nothing more.

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:04 am

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Dog-Poop_WalkerMaster

Joined: 28 Jan 2012Posts: 1743Location: Simulation and Simulacra

We have those cheapie theaters in the states too. They are usually called "second run" theaters. That's usually the only way I see movies, you can get two people, popcorn and a drink for about ten dollars, compared to about 30 dollars it would cost at a first run theater._________________Spread out all around us is a petrified world, a world of Things, where we ourselves, our gestures, and even our feelings figure in as Things. Nothing can belong to us as truly our own in such a landscape of death. Under commodity occupation the most concrete truth about everything is the truth of it's infinite replaceablity.

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 1:42 pm

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GrandMasterMaster

Joined: 26 Aug 2011Posts: 628Location: Earth Jedi Temple

Queen Padmè Skywalker wrote:

*whispers* What's a toonie?

I believe a toonie is a Canadian 2 dollar coin._________________"But it was so artistically done."

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Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 2:48 pm

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ReepicheepMaster

Joined: 05 Feb 2008Posts: 7925Location: Sailing into the unknown

Indeed it is:

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Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:47 pm

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Alan Skywalker VMaster

Joined: 10 Apr 2011Posts: 661

Wouldn't be surprised if Lionsgate dedicates one or both Mockingjay films in Philip Seymour Hoffman's memory.

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 10:29 pm

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Caedus_16Master

Joined: 15 Apr 2008Posts: 5438Location: Korriban

My mom texted me about his death moments before boarding a plane to Florida. I was unable to discuss or emote, but I was very saddened. He was a fantastic actor and it is a loss to film as well as his family._________________Perfection is a lifelong pursuit requiring sacrifice. The only way to get it quicker is to sacrifice the most.

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:29 am

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Dog-Poop_WalkerMaster

Joined: 28 Jan 2012Posts: 1743Location: Simulation and Simulacra

not cool._________________Spread out all around us is a petrified world, a world of Things, where we ourselves, our gestures, and even our feelings figure in as Things. Nothing can belong to us as truly our own in such a landscape of death. Under commodity occupation the most concrete truth about everything is the truth of it's infinite replaceablity.

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:07 am

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ReepicheepMaster

Joined: 05 Feb 2008Posts: 7925Location: Sailing into the unknown

That surprised and saddened me when I heard. _________________
Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.